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A couple who killed six children in a house fire in Derby will be sentenced for manslaughter at Nottingham Crown Court later, BBC reported.

Mick and Mairead Philpott, as well as their friend Paul Mosley, were convicted on Tuesday after an eight-week trial.

Derbyshire Police said it was the most upsetting case it had ever dealt with.

The couple's families released statements saying they thought "justice had been served."

The jury at Nottingham Crown Court returned unanimous decisions on Mosley and Mick Philpott while Mairead Philpott was convicted by a majority.

Five of the Philpott's children died in their home in Victory Road and the sixth, from a previous relationship, died in hospital.

Jade Philpott, 10, John, nine, Jack, eight, Jesse, six, and Jayden, five, died on the morning of the fire on 11 May 2012.

Mairead Philpott's son from a previous relationship, 13-year-old Duwayne, died later in hospital.

Jurors heard that Philpott had been violent and controlling towards his former live-in mistress, Lisa Willis.

When she left, taking her children, he became "obsessed with getting Lisa and the kids back."

The court heard Mick Philpott wanted to rescue the children from the fire, blame Miss Willis, and be hailed a hero - but the plan went wrong.

Professor David Cantor, an investigative psychologist at the University of Huddersfield, said: "He [Mick Philpott] lived in a world where he could get away with anything.

"He had these two women, he'd been on television, he was a bit of a sort of local celebrity almost, and he probably had a great confidence that he could get away with all sorts of things."

Mairead Philpott's sister, Jennifer Lobban, told the BBC's Panorama team she had been dominated by Mick Philpott.

She said: "She is a victim of Mick, but, at the end of the day, when it comes to your kids, she should have put them first."

Jurors were told that Philpott was to "act the hero and victim" and perhaps obtain a bigger house.